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I just installed xine on my fedora core 2 box in order to play .wmv encoded video (specifically because I read that xine is good for this) and it tells me that I don't have the codec. Did I screw something up, or can I go somewhere and download the codec? I googled around for it but couldn't come up with anything.
Google for mplayer, www.mplayerhq.hu is where I went, and download their player and codecs. When you install mplayer and the codecs, xine will also use them and play your wmv files.
When I run a typical WMV file that plays perfectly in Winamp or WIndows Media Player, XINE tells me that I am missing the WMV 9 (win32) codec. No, the file has no DRM or anything.
I've never been able to figure out any reason for it, but sometimes, a video file will work in Mplayer, but not Xine, even though they're using the same codecs.
If anyone can tell me why this might be, I'd be most grateful.
I've never been able to figure out any reason for it, but sometimes, a video file will work in Mplayer, but not Xine, even though they're using the same codecs.
I was running into this until I did a full install of all the codecs I could get my hands on from Mplayer(all, essential, rp9codecs and xanimdlls) , untarred them into /usr/local/lib/codecs, and then did a fresh compile of xine-lib. Now there are no differences between what Xine and Mplayer will play.
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